Border Patrol Deploys New Water Rescue Devices on Rio Grande
Photo: U.S. Border Patrol/Del Rio Sector
29 Apr 2021
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents deployed new watercraft on the Rio Grande to help with the rescue of the increasing number of migrants crossing from Mexico.
Del Rio Sector agents are now patrolling with Shallow Water Rescue Craft to cut into the increasing number of migrant drownings this year, according to a tweet from Chief Patrol Agent Austin Skero.
“This vessel can be quickly deployed in any water depth, improving our agents’ abilities to conduct rescues or aid agents working from land,” Skero tweeted. “Greater versatility saves both lives and time.”
Salvadoran girl, 10, is SAVED from drowning in the Rio Grande by a U.S. soldier after a smuggler abandoned her and headed back to Mexico
A U.S. Army soldier providing assistance to the U.S. Border Patrol in the Laredo, Texas, border area rescued a 10-year-old girl from drowning in the Rio Grande
The child, a native of El Salvador, was traveling with a group and a smuggler when the soldier spotted them
The individuals fled back to Mexico and left the girl in the river, struggling to stay afloat before the soldier went in and brought her to the Texas shore
Human Smugglers Abandon Two Small Children in Texas near Border
6 Apr 2021
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents found two small children walking alone near the Rio Grande border. Officials say human smugglers abandoned the children in a remote area south of Del Rio, Texas.
Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Austin Skero tweeted photos of two small children agents discovered walking by themselves after being abandoned by their human smugglers.
These two children were abandoned along the border and were found walking alone along the Rio Grande a mile south of Del Rio. They only had papers with contact information for relatives in the US and a few articles of spare clothing. A dangerous trend that continues. pic.twitter.com/wLcpgoJ643
1600 Migrants Arrested over Three Days in Single Texas Border Sector
3 Mar 2021
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents arrested more than 1,600 migrants who illegally crossed the border from Mexico into Texas during a three-day span. During that period, the agents also arrested a previously deported rapist.
Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Austin Skero tweets that his agents arrested more than 1,600 migrants who illegally crossed the border during the last three days of February.
The arrests came in connection to more than 25 human smuggling interdictions, Chief Skero wrote. Most of the migrants arrested were single adults. He did not disclose the nationalities of the arrested migrants. Approximately half of the more than 1,600 arrests occurred in the Eagle Pass area, an official told Breitbart Texas in response to an inquiry.